| Michael Flanders | |
 Michael Flanders in 1957 | |
| Born | 1 March 1922 London, England |
|---|---|
| Died | 14 April 1975 (aged 53) Betws-y-Coed, Wales |
| Cause of death | Intracranial berry aneurysm |
| Occupation | Actor, broadcaster, writer and performer |
| Known for | Flanders and Swann |
| Spouse | Claudia Cockburn |
| Children | Stephanie Flanders Laura Flanders |
Michael Henry Flanders OBE, (March 1, 1922 – April 14, 1975) was an English actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betws-y-Coed (Prayer house in the wood pronounced ə ˈkɔɨd is a Village in the Conwy valley in the County borough of Conwy, An intracranial berry aneurysm, also known as a saccular aneurysm, is a sac-like outpouching in a cerebral blood vessel which can seem berry-shaped hence the name An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast" that is published by electrical methods instead of the older methods such as printed newspapers A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence The British duo "Flanders and Swann" were the actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922&ndash1975 and the composer pianist and linguist Donald Swann Stephanie Hope Flanders (born 5 August 1968) is an award-winning British Broadcast journalist, and is currently the BBC economics editor Laura Flanders (b December 1961 is a British -born American Journalist and currently host of the daily current events TV show GRITtv The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast" that is published by electrical methods instead of the older methods such as printed newspapers A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence A novelty song is a silly or nonsensical Song, performed principally for its comical effect. He is best known to the general public for his partnership with Donald Swann performing as the double act Flanders and Swann. Donald Ibrahím Swann ( September 30, 1923 – March 23, 1994) was a British composer musician and entertainer The British duo "Flanders and Swann" were the actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922&ndash1975 and the composer pianist and linguist Donald Swann
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Life and career
Michael Flanders was born in London on March 1, 1922. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The son of an actor and a professional violinist, Flanders' ambition from an early age was to work in the theatre. The following lists of violinists are available List of classical violinists, names of great violinist from baroque era till 20th century Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one He attended Westminster School (where he first met Donald Swann) and went on to read History at Christ Church, Oxford in 1940. The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain 's leading boys' Independent schools with History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
While at Oxford, Flanders started work as a professional actor, but then left Oxford to join the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so A military reserve force is a military organization HMS Marne, the ship on which he was serving was torpedoed off the coast of Africa, west of Gibraltar in November 1942. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Flanders survived the attack. Later he was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant but contracted poliomyelitis at sea, and spent the rest of his life from 1943 onwards in a wheelchair. Sub-Lieutenant is a military rank It is normally a junior officer rank Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A wheelchair is a wheeled Mobility device in which the user sits
Unable to return to Christ Church to continue his studies, he found work as a radio broadcaster. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit A chance meeting with Swann in 1948 led to the start of their professional partnership. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They began writing songs for West-End producer Laurier Lister, Swann writing the music and Flanders writing the words. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Their songs were performed by artists such as Ian Wallace and Joyce Grenfell. Ian Bryce Wallace, OBE (born 10 July 1919) is a British Bass-baritone Opera and concert singer of Scottish Joyce Irene Grenfell, OBE ( née Phipps; 10 February 1910 &ndash 30 November 1979) was an English They subsequently wrote two two-man revues, At The Drop Of A Hat and At The Drop of Another Hat, which they performed all over the world until their partnership ended in 1967. At the Drop of a Hat is a musical Revue by Flanders and Swann, described by them as "An After-Dinner Farrago" At the Drop of Another Hat is musical Revue by Flanders and Swann, similar in format to its predecessor At the Drop of a Hat Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
Some of their more famous songs were "The Hippopotamus" ("Mud, mud, glorious mud") and "First and Second Law," in which they put to music the laws of thermodynamics. One of their most enduring numbers is the ever-so-mildly risqué "Have Some Madeira, M'Dear. " Their songs celebrated transportation ("The Slow Train," "The Last Tram," "A Transport of Delight," the last-named a tribute to the London double-decker omnibus), animal life ("The Wart-Hog," "The Gnu," "The Elephant," and many others), common inconveniences in "The Gas-Man Cometh," "Motor Perpetuo," (about parking a car), "Song of Reproduction" (about hi-fidelity phonographs), and even classical music, with an irreverent "Guide to Britten" and a setting of lyrics by Flanders to the finale of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 ("Ill Wind"). Some of his songs were also political commentary, such as "20 Tons Of TNT" or "The War Of 14-18".
Outside of his partnership with Swann, Flanders was a versatile librettist, actor and broadcaster. He wrote the words for comic operas such as Three's Company and Christmas Story, and a children's cantata Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo. Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo (1970 is a cantata by Joseph Horovitz composed in a popular style for unison or two-part voices and piano with optional bass and drums He appeared on stage in The Soldier's Tale and Ten Years Hard, and in two films, Doctor in Distress (1963) and The Raging Moon (1971). Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He also made many appearances on radio and television, and received an OBE in 1964. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
His narration for Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf remained a staple of EMI's classical output for many years. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936 after his return to the Soviet Union. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Within the last few months of his life he also provided English-language narration and voicework for the French export children's animation Barbapapa. Barbapapa is both the title character and name of the "species" of said character of a series of Children's books written in the 1970s by Annette
Flanders died suddenly of a ruptured intracranial berry aneurysm on April 14, 1975 while on holiday at Betws-y-Coed, Wales. An intracranial berry aneurysm, also known as a saccular aneurysm, is a sac-like outpouching in a cerebral blood vessel which can seem berry-shaped hence the name Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betws-y-Coed (Prayer house in the wood pronounced ə ˈkɔɨd is a Village in the Conwy valley in the County borough of Conwy, He was survived by his wife Claudia Cockburn, daughter of journalist Claud Cockburn and first wife Hope Hale Davis, and daughters Laura and Stephanie. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Francis Claud Cockburn (ˈkoːbərn "co-burn" ( Peking, April 12, 1904 &ndash December 15, 1981) was a renowned radical Laura Flanders (b December 1961 is a British -born American Journalist and currently host of the daily current events TV show GRITtv Stephanie Hope Flanders (born 5 August 1968) is an award-winning British Broadcast journalist, and is currently the BBC economics editor
On June 30, 2007, a documentary about Flanders and his work, presented by his daughter Stephanie, aired on BBC Radio 4's The Archive Hour, called Flanders on Flanders. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]
References
- ^ Flanders, Stephanie (2007-6-29). Re-discovering my father. BBC. Retrieved on 26 November 2007.
External links
- Michael Flanders at the Internet Movie Database
- The Flanders and Swann forum
- BBC news website item re. Flanders
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